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Sirius learns a lesson.

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved ... loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. (Victor Hugo) Ten years after the fall of Voldemort, Neville and Hannah Longbottom face a difficult moment in their marriage and experience the truth of that statement.

Draco’s obsession has a beginning, middle, and end - in all the wrong order. H/D

The war has begun, the Order of the Phoenix is fighting the Death Eaters, and she is neutral. Their worlds are black-and-white; hers is gray. She is alone, and she doesn't know who to believe in.

Harry commissions three rings to be made for the Trio. Harry begins to realize he has feelings for Hermione. The Trio needs to defeat Voldemort and they hope to use their combined powers to accomplish this.

Attempts to educate the three daughters of Druella Black according to their station do not exactly go as planned.

Words unspoken linger in the air, growing opaque and brittle with the passing of years. To speak them finally is to give them life, or to curse them to fall flat and shatter at your feet. ...

They were all he had in life, until that fateful night when the man he would come to hate, would destroy them...

Remus worries about Luna's academic problems and eventually finds a solution that does both of them good.

A ficlet exploring the Marauders' relationship with time.

"As I stare, my limbs lifeless, her eyes open. I see nothing but green." Snape reflects on the past and plans for the future. One shot, post HBP.

This is another song fic, to the song "Stay or Leave" by Dave Matthews. Remus is having a lot of trouble getting over Sirius and retreats to the place they spent most of their time together. After a while, Harry comes to stay with him, and together they find they can heal one another.

At Draco's wedding to Astoria, Pansy finally admits how upset she is to the most unexpected person, Ron Weasley, who is suffering from heartbreak of his own.

America is a place of new beginnings; a short glance in the mirror of what could've been. [AU; sug. Harry/Colin, slash, gen]

Neville still remembers. Sequel to Memory.

Harry had one childhood with the Dursleys, but what happened to the relics of his first babyhood with his own parents? Sirius has been keeping a surprise for him (Post-OOtP).

Nona and Rage are two rebels who don't care about anybody. Nona and Rage got kicked out of their realm, and landed in the mortal world. Magic keeps them alive, and only magic can destroy them. They desperately want to use magic and are about to. Toying with the prophecy is the goal in this game. Nona is the first to come to her senses. However, now they can’t stop.

Fifteen years prior to the events at the end of "Goblet of Fire" and the beginning of "Order of the Phoenix", there were two Death Eaters. One was trying to redeem a tortured life, one was in fear for his own. Only Albus Dumbledore would bring them together. Both will discover life demands many sacrifices. This is Snape's story.

It was the fight of the century. A battle of epic proportions. And afterwards, it was vowed to never happen again. Never again would they battle for their kids' affections. Originally written for the 2008 Fall D/G Fic Exchange.

Harry and Draco's relationship progressed from understanding, to trust, then love. Yet perhaps there is an underlying reason for their new connection. When trust is betrayed from a most unlikely source, it is realised only too late.

In his mind's eye, Sirius can see tomorrow coming...

In her first year out of Hogwarts, Ginny works undercover for the Order of the Phoenix. She and Harry live together in a derelict building in muggle London in the midst of the second war against Voldemort. Ginny dreams of her escape but vows to stick by Harry. Angsty, thoughtful and dark.

Ever wonder why Moody is always so paranoid? Ever wonder if he was once normal?

Trapped, a lost boy must find his way back to the light, with the help of something dark.... one-shot, slash.

She's not a girl who misses much. [Alice's perspective, with a hint of Harry/Neville.]

"Ah, Moony, you are denying the deep and aching lake of lust my newly sparkly appearance caused to rise in your soul," said Sirius, but he clambered off the floor and brushed himself down. "Besides, it's pretty. Wanna touch it?" Remus, who seemed unaccountably disturbed, shook his head. "I have better things to do with my hands." Then he went bright red. "Not that I mean. Or um. I have a lot of. Assignments. Didn't do much over the break. That's all I meant." "You are a strange and twisted child, my Remus." Sirius touched his ear gingerly. "But we love you for it. I, being the spectacular, brilliant, amazing student that I am, have done all my essays already."

Sequel to my other one-shot, 'Last Words'. Ginny tries to come to terms with Neville's death and, in the midst of her confusion and grief, tries to ascertain whether or not his feelings were, or could have been, reciprocated.

Swans and loons aren't all that different, are they? Cho and Luna strike up an unlikely friendship through a series of conversations by the fire. They come to see that they are neither swans nor loons, but eagles. (Cedric/Cho, Harry/Cho, Michael/Cho, Harry/Luna)

Voldemort and his followers are lurking in the woods outside Hogwarts. The fight has paused for an hour as they await the arrival of the chosen one, the Boy who Lived. They have as good as won, the world is in their grasp. So why is nothing going according to plan?

Things are not going well for Narcissa. The life she once thought so secure is gradually falling apart... and so is she.

Ron Weasley's soliloquy of how his life has been being constantly in the shadow of Harry Potter. He looks back at his years in Hogwarts and what his life was like during and after the war with Lord Voldemort.

Addictions come in many forms. Some with powder, others in power.

Draco is obsessively stalking Harry's taxi. Draco gets run over. Draco and Harry contemplate eternal salvation.``Evanescence H/D songfic parody complete with pointless angst, random backstory, inexplainable POV shifts, Muggle trappings, and abuse of the English language.

This is just a short little fic about friends; it's about the stuff that we do to each other. You know, like screw up and fight and stuff. But that's what friends do. An attempt at kindness goes wrong. Harry, Ron and Hermione are put into a state of general misery. But this is a story about friends after all. It'll all work out in the end. There is just a little *hint* of romance, but it's very small and it's canon. I'll let you figure it out. Enjoy!

Fourth of the 'Colours' sequence. "Harry was full of redness now, angry abused flames licking at his intestines and growling like a pissed off red demon of a dragon, cold eyes prowling the back alleys of Harry’s mind and peering out from behind his glasses with gold-slit pupils, and neither of them noticed at all."

Ginevra Weasley returns home after several years of self-seclusion from the Magical world. Former Headmaster Dumledore is dealing with death issues and Luna Lovegood is being… herself.

Random, madcap and yet so cute! Sounds like R/Hr? A piece of advice for 'em--Just Do It.

How vindictive can a teenage witch be? Well, if it happens to be a Weasley, then watch out. Here's how Ginny Weasley reacts.

Zacharias Smith gives Lavender Brown some advice. She takes him up on it.

Merlin, what a waste of time. If knowing the future were as easy as looking at leaves in a teacup... Eileen took the final sip, then held the cup in her left hand and swirled vigorously. Three times, clockwise, the way Professor Mopsus had taught them. She drained the dregs, put the cup back down on the saucer, and critically peered inside. It looked like...clumps of damp tea leaves.

Decisions, just one, whether right or wrong can change everything. Pity Percy has chosen the wrong one. Percy regrets what went wrong. One-shot songfic to Chris Cagle's "Songs About Rain."

Sometimes, when I’m bored, or at another pointless Death Eater meeting, I think about that tapestry, the one in my aunt Black’s home. I remember the feel of it - it was soft, and the gold threads were so intricately woven, so perfect, it seemed. Of course, there were its flaws- the small burned names, and little holes, but other than that it really was very lovely. I remember, when I was a small child, tracing my index finger along the gold line that seemed to run forever…forever, and forever, for all eternity.

There was the room... The meeting... The dwindling sunlight, and her slightly flickering smile... This was the moment Leanne had been pondering about for years... This was a beginning.

Harry cant stop thinking. And have you ever been in two minds about something? Does it ever seem to take over? It has for Harry, and with his mind in conflict, he doesn't know what to do.

A Gryffindor ponders what could have been after Voldermort's downfall. If his parents had been there, would his childhood had been different? By changing the past, could he bring them back? Would his life be different?

She wishes things didn’t have to change. She wishes that she had the courage to tell Sirius to come back, to tell him that the Potters don’t need him. She needs him. She needs him to keep her from a danger she cannot be bothered to give a damn about, and to try and protect her when it is far too late. She shivers at the thought of looking down upon her arm to find a mark that will never go away.

Harry Potter's capture ends the war, but it doesn't end the battle; Muggle-borns are rounded up and used as slaves for the ruling Death Eater party, while the rest of the Wizarding World is left in shambles. Hermione Granger turns to some old enemies in order to cope.

A small look at my version of the Black family. Starts with Sirius' grandmother, down to Regulus.

YYHHP crossover, postHBP. Yusuke Urameshi was concieved by Atsuko when she was 14, but how that came to be was a mystery. When the truth is learned, he will have to face one of the Greatest Evils of the wizarding world, his father.

A fic inspired by the song 'Proud of Your Boy'. Ron promises his mum that one day she'll be proud of him.

Writing is an addiction. Plain and simple. A story for every devout narrator.

He had this odd feeling, like he would never see her again after this. And it was true. He would never see her again, because she would be beyond the veil, in a place where he could not follow.

Ginny Weasley has exiled herself from the wizarding world for almost two years after the war between Voldemort and Harry ended, to save her sanity from the memories of that time. With Professor McGonagall's death, she is invited to the funeral, held at Hogwarts. Deciding to go, Ginny must give up everything she's built to keep her mind safe. But as more complications add themselves up, she enters a new war in the wizarding world in which she must depend on her scarred self, and Draco Malfoy, to keep her sanity.

It was a binary, remember? Two stars, circling around each other forever? (R/S Slash)

The first war - a time of love and betrayal. After the fall of the Dark Lord, Severus Snape prepares to face the consequences of his actions - the funeral of the only woman he ever loved.

A dark, disturbing, odd little fic. Harry loves Colin, and Colin loves Harry. It's perfect, surely? (Warning for extreme angst and weirdness!)

Pansy hates waking up in the dark. In the darkness the nightmares hide, along with the haunting memories and the hidden doubts.

Most crashes are dramatic and sudden. Then, there are others that are soft and take time, like that of the fall of the House of Nott. After the birth of her son, Theodore, Ella Nott learns of her husband's true work. But that is only the beginning. There on, the Dark Lord vanishes. And then, only time can tell until her time is up. Such a fall will never come around for centuries, as that of Ella Nott and the Nott family.

So now, less than a month after dying, how is death feeling for Sirius Black? And what is going through poor Harry's mind?

Regulus Black learns there is more to becoming a Death Eater than receiving the Dark Mark.

As Ginny's sixth year at Hogwarts comes to a close, she gets a strange feeling and hurries to save the Wizarding Community. Unfortunately, something goes wrong...

Wormtail probably had his own reason for betraying his friends. Maybe his friends attitudes made him or maybe it was something else. Yes we all think he's a scumbag, but maybe he had his own reasons.

Lavender reflects on how people think of her.

As Hermione, Harry and Ron embark upon their final year at Hogwarts they discover that life doesn't really care much for their plans and the power that the Dark Lords knows not is revealed in a surprising way. HG/SS with HP/DM. Rated R for later chapters.

After the end of his fifth year, a self-deprecating Neville reflects on June, his parents, and his relationship with his grandmother.

"Harry had been in this place before, or so it seemed to him. Sure, this room he had walked on looked nothing like any of the Dursleys’, but even as he stood on the threshold, clutching his trunk with Hedwig’s cage on top, he couldn’t help but feel that the place was familiar..." Will there be any hope for Harry after losing his godfather? (No slash or romance here, sorry.)

When an Auror is sent to the States to track down some runaway Death Eaters, he finds he may be in over his head. Set sometime after HBP

If you're wondering what this story's about, I'm afraid I don't know... just a random story where Harry loses his temper a little too often and insults Malfoy a whole lot.

After the war, someone has to live with the guilt of surviving and finding new happiness.

The house is old, the garden's a jungle, and Lupin isn't sure what can be salvaged. Sequel to "Escapism."

Ron is not made for waiting around uselessly. Remus/Ron

Year six in Slytherin house brings about some unexpected changes, but as the war approaches, will these changes be enough? Story of Sixth Year, as told from the viewpoint of Theodore Nott.

Ron knew that his feelings for Harry were wrong, however he``wanted to know if there was any chance for him to get in Harry's life.

"I will return to Hogwarts in order to prepare it for the Dark Lord's imminent return. And when he comes to take the school, I will gladly give him what he deserves, and rid those unworthy of being in his presence."``Draco swears his revenge on Potter and his gang, as well as Dumbledore, who dares to try and understand him, and Snape, who betrayed the Death Eaters.

Snape is haunted by memories, and has a meeting with temptation in the form of Bellatrix Lestrange. Because no one can remain impassive forever, and it is not only fools who can wear their hearts on their sleeves.

Harry participates in the final, public destruction of Voldemort.

Takes place right after 'Promise'. This includes Ginny's conversation with Dumbledore, and the Twin's newest Wheeze. Ginny battles with her inner demons.

Tonks runs into Percy. And then runs into him again. Six scenes in which the pairing discover the truths of one another and where they fit.

"She edited her letters while composing them in her head, learning to give just enough to inspire verisimilitude. She learned to tell stories, in writing at least, and by the time summer came around, she'd told the same ones, over and over until they came automatically to her lips."

There is a time before a house-elf is given a name. Winky thinks back on her past, and remembers how she learned to be a good house-elf. My thoughts on why house-elves are so servile and self-abasing.

Written for hd_remix 2007, for mizbean's story "Walk On." Mostly because I loved it, but also in part because I have a huge soft spot for Harry/Ron, even when Harry/Draco is the OTP ;)

To Alice, Bellatrix is an enigma, and Bellatrix covets this. (femmeslash)

What if T.S. Elliot got it wrong? What if it was the brginning of the world we should be worried about? Rate for intresting takes on the Bible.

"Orphan. Hermione never considered that word much before. Until she became one herself." The death of her parents' death turn Hermione into a catatonic person, who doesn't care, doesn't know, doesn't realise anything going around her. She only knows one thing.``Nobody's home. Pure angst.

When she was younger, Bellatrix used to visit funerals of those killed by the Dark Lord. She now feels they may have an influence on her loyalties.

Hermione accidentally kills Draco, but then she accidentally brings him back to life. What happens when Voldemort becomes interested in Draco's new skeletal form? Soon it becomes clear Hermione has one choice left: kill Draco again. Post HBP. DMHG

Sirius has gone through the Veil and Remus is find it difficult to mourn him. So, Remus chooses to write Sirius a letter.

Let it never be said that irony exempts heroes from its clutches. This fic follows through the eyes of one who is overtaken by hatred and does something that he will regret forever. If the dead have regrets. A post-Hogwarts darkfic.

And it’s like this that I’ll remember you. Always. A woman, now as small as a girl, who prays the sky for something that, even if it came, you couldn’t recognise. Your conscience has already convicted you. Without appeal. Murderer.

In the summer of 1995, Doris Purkiss gave an interview to The Quibbler claiming that Sirius Black, notorious Azkaban escapee, was really the long retired and reclusive singer of the Hobgoblins, Stubby Boardman. Well, what if she was right? Sirius Black tells a story.

Lee Jordan and George Weasley (a.k.a. River and Wrackspurt) have been anonymously broadcasting a radio show on the Wizarding Wireless Network for nearly a year and a half, dedicated to educating the magical world about popular muggle music. This particular show, dated April 1, 2001, is a poignant tribute to someone near and dear to them both. A one-shot companion to George & Annie: an Unofficial Biography. No slash.

A songfic to Metallica's song "Sad But True". Peter Pettigrew's PoV shortly after Sirius's death.

Fourth fic in what I am now calling The Songfic Chronicles. Another GC one, but I promise it's the last.

Ginny Weasley had been in love with Draco for years and then he simply just disapeared. She had almost forgotten about him when a reminder comes in the form of a single green envelope with a promise of more to follow. Now she faces a dilemma: Continue her new life or try to rekindle the one she lost.

Sirus Black was determined to overcome the dementors for ten years. All he could think about were three souls; two living, one dead.

During the summer before his sixth year at Hogwarts, Draco's whole world falls apart. His mother is killed, and he is left alone to cope with the devestation that this brings. He has decided he has nothing left to live for, but can he be persuaded otherwise?

The Driver faces perhaps another of his most perplexing challenges: Coming face-to-face with a hugely talented and successful wizard singing star. But beneath her beauty lies a problem - she always gets what she wants.``He aids her boyfriend cum manager who always get pushed by her demands by giving her some payback of his own style.``Warning: Contains spoilers from The Hire

Follow up to There is a single candle on the table. James and Lily decide on a Secret Keeper at late at night.

Night and Day... two forces in our lives that seem to intertwine with each other and yet repulse each other... total opposites. Watch how the mere change from day to night can turn a person's life upside-down.