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One-shot spoof. Parents of Muggle-born witches and wizards are becoming more and more reluctant to simply send their children off to an unknown boarding school sight unseen. And so it was that on one fine morning a group of parents found themselves assembling at the gate for an introductory tour of Hogwarts.

A trip through Marauder era and into Harry Potter's time by a misunderstood boy is quite devastating. Not your typical idea of Severus Snape's life. Who knew he was once as innocent, and maybe more innocent than the famous hero, Harry Potter?

It isn't easy being surrounded by vipers, not even when you're a Slytherin. This is a coming-of-age story focussing on Millicent Bulstrode and her struggles with her peers, her sexuality, her self-image, and her own sense of self-worth. (Character Study. Includes Millicent/Colin, Millicent/Theodore Nott, Millicent/Draco)

A Weasley twin is pondering many things one night at the Burrow. The question is, which one?

One chapter long, this story was an attempt at answering the question of how the Killing Curse was created. Consistent with canon, it questions the death of Dumbledore at the end of the sixth book.

SLASH - Draco comes back after he left three months ago, bearing the Dark Mark and a seemingly harder task than he imagined it would be. Despite everything, will he still choose the love of his life, or will he be ready to give up everything to pursue his father's goal for him - to serve Voldemort? (Post-Hogwarts)

What can I say? There are close calls of every kind.``Fred and Hermione almost break up...``Fred almost cries...``Filch almost catches them...``Do read! It's fluffy at the ending!

Neville Longbottom comes to the realization that his feelings towards Harry Potter are not entirely normal.

In answer to the FlamesOfMystery challenge. Blaise Zabini and Ginny Weasley had been dating for seven months, but he'd never met her family...and they'd never met him. What better setting than over Christmas dinner?

In the age of Reality TV the WWN have been cashing in on the craze. After a successful "Big Goblins" (Big Brother) series the WWN have set up a new series involving Muggles. Twelve Muggles will go to study at Hogwarts for twelve weeks, at the end of each week they will perform for the wizarding world. The Muggles are competing for a grand prize, one any normal wizard would want. What will happen when the Malfoys and the Weasleys set out to make the show a disaster?

A translation from Russian. Harry's loved ones try to deal with the aftermath of his killing Voldemort. Slash. Written in Harry's POV.

What is your greatest fear? The death of the ones you love? How about a diary? Ginny decides to face her fear. What will her diary hold of her feelings? Harry? Ron and Hermione's relationship?

There are a lot of different kinds of letter one can receive. Some are letters of great importance. D/H Pre-Slash

What goes up must come down. What turns evil ... must turn good? Voldemort faces some questions about his self-identity and gets very, very angry in The Laws of Physics: A Dark Lord Dilemma.

"The young man sat before me, twirling his nearly empty glass of mimosa, telling me of all his troubles. I was used to this by now, after all, this was practically in the job description. ````And it wasn’t just him. Many people, all with different troubles, had sat in that chair. All dealing with sorrow and grief, all having a story to tell. ````As I wiped the bar clean, I watched as the young blonde man continued to twirl his glass, his slate gray eyes focused on something only he could see. He was dressed in all black, with a single flower that I didn’t recognize, in his chest pocket. Curious, I didn’t hold back from asking."

Draco is acting strange. What's he on about? A fluffy fic, with a twist at the end. Written for a friend who was feeling down, to cheer her up. Draco/Ginny

A funny parody.

Ron has always been Harry's guide to the differences between the Muggle and Wizarding worlds, but he missed one crucial point. The boys are teaching at Hogwarts when Harry finds the difference.

When Dumbledore brings the Muggle tradition of Battle of the Bands to Hogwarts, Harry finds his opportunity to tell how he feels. The object of his affections likes Muggle music, or at least, Harry hopes so. An excuse for fluff and good music. H/D

"I am not a squab, debonair, bachelor of the month type." A Slytherin graduate is enjoying a very boring, normal, rich life when a mistake from his past comes back to haunt him. With a child. The story follows the child's growing up from when she is very little to when she finds her mother and other suprises.

After the war, all has changed. Ginny has lost everything and has to put up with being a servant at Morkdrage School of Dark Arts for Boys. What awaits her there? ``Friends, fear, love, hate? Whatever happens, she promised herself she would never give up... A story to learn, to love and to cry... *D/G*

Hermione decides to act of her feelings for Harry. Does he feel the same for her? One-shot fic. Hr/H. Hermione's pov.

Lucius Malfoy. Draco Malfoy. Severus Snape. Blaise Zabini. Evan Rosier. Theodore Nott. There is less of a difference that twenty years can make...and when Ginny Weasley and Tom Riddle enter the picture, history might just repeat itself. Marauder-era and post-OotP, D/G

There are some thoughts the prisoner would like to share with his visitor

"HARRY POTTER! You pervert!” This shocked exclaimation is only the first of many in this engrossing (and just plain GROSSing) tale of epic proportions. Originally titled, “Harry Potter and the Random Orgies of Hogwarts” (that title was far too dirty and not very funny), this nonsensical narrative will confuse far beyond your wildest dreams.

Some fall, others are pushed. A Draco-centric story, initially DM/SS, eventually DM/HP.

It's their seventh year at Hogwarts and Snape is in love with Lily. Only problem is that James hasn't forgotten about her either...

“Do you believe in ghosts, Harry?” Ron said softly. “The ones that haunt only you.” Some RW/HP

“Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.” A late night stroll to clear the mind leads to an unlikely conversation between two friends, where walls that have spent years being built up are suddenly torn down.

This is a story about Crookshanks. I\'ve always had this crazy idea that he isn\'t all he seems. But he is a cat... right? When will Hermione find out about him?

Missing moment from CoS. Ron reflects on friendship and nightmares in this sweet little vignette.

Remus Lupin meets a seventeen-year-old wizard living on the streets of London. Over an early morning dinner, the two reflect about the wizarding society and their completely different upbringings.

"You don't hurt Ron. You just don't." Ron turns up dead. Harry's really not sure he can handle that. The thing he IS sure he can handle is really quite sickening.

What happens if you lock a group of people – say, Harry Potter & Co. – in a room, and not let them out until after they finish a horribly-written script of a truly horrible movie…? Care to find out? Thought so… Read it anyway!

A short essay exploring Snape's motivations and destiny within the HP universe.

When Ginny calls upon the help of others in an attempt to win back Harry, things go irreversably wrong, and more than one person will pay.

She realizes that she was tricked by her own cunning. Harry Potter is not her soul mate, nor will he ever return. All she has is the darkness, Draco, and his bruising kisses. Rating for implied T/G sex.

This time, it's Neville and Ginny's turn to have The Talk with their son. Joy.

What happens when Halloween night is spent by Ron and Hermione carving pumpkins? Misunderstandings, tears, laughs- and of course, love.

Harry's sixth year at Hogwarts. The wizarding world braces itself for Voldemort's attack while sixth year students prepare for their careers. Just when everything seems to be topsy-turvy, Dumbledore pulls out a surprise that breaks old rules.

What happens when Ron's hatred of being poor leads him to snap?

This is from the point of view of Neville's cauldron. Poor thing -- wouldn't you hate to be mangled by Neville's mishaps in Potions?

Harry takes his forty year old son, the ghost of Draco Malfoy, and his friends to the park to play baseball. But will an all Death Eater team foil his plans? Sequal to "Happiness is Just a Daddy Away!" and "Harry Potter and the Magical Cheese Cracker."

Much to Hermioneís dismay, Malfoy has been named Head Boy to her Head Girl, and they are to work together in organizing a new defense course. As frustration mounts and death glares ensue- how can cooperation be possible for the two archrivals? Meanwhile, the long-standing friendships of the Golden Trio are being torn apart by a mysterious new student, whose ultimate goal is the destruction of Harry Potter and the protection of Lord Voldemort. Will she succeed? Of course not. But what will pissed!Hermione, eventually aided by sneaky!Draco, do to stop 99.9%-evil!Her?

In a place he considered his own, he lets loose a side which only he knew. Masks and walls meant nothing there, nor prejudices and status of well-being. In his place he can be who he wanted to be, and never have to worry what other people might think... it was also in this place where he learned the answer to a question he had been asking for so long...

Hermione has fallen for a Weasley. However, despite what most may think, their first name is not Ronald...

This is fluff, H/G, R/Hr... Based on a few oldies songs I really like. This chapter is based on the Cher song "Shoop Shoop". Hope you enjoy!

Once every ten years, the wizarding world goes to Ludlow Fair. The year is 1979, and times are changing. A pureblood-sympathesiser has been elected Minister of Magic, Sirius is training as an engineer, and Peter's a salesman. Remus and James are struggling to find work. Based on the poem 'The Lads in Their Hundreds' by AE Housman, the story takes a fresh look at the relationships of Lily and James, and at Severus Snape.

One shot. Harry wakes up and decides to go down to the common room to sit in front of a well-known friendly fire, only to find Ginny already there. What does he do when she asks him to take her back to a place that brings back terrible memories for them both? Sixth year fic. H/G.

Lily's mother reveals a family secret to her. This fic contains some humor and a little fanon character romance, but Lily dealing with her new discovery if the main focus.

"Remember the tinman found he had what he thought he lacked." Harry gives Snape a lesson in emotional expression. (SLASH: HP/SS)

In an alternate universe, Harry accepted Draco's offer of friendship. In an alternate universe, Harry was placed into the Slytherin house. So in their first year, Harry takes Draco and not Ron to see his parents in the Mirror of Erised. A story about Draco's finding.

They have the parents, they have each other but Cordelia doesn't like the idea of her father's current job. Is there anything they can do to remedy that? The two schemers are back and now there's a whole new plan in the works.

Was Dumbledore really stupid to trust Snape? HALF BLOOD PRINCE COMPLIANT

The Muggle tradition of the Homecoming Queen hits Hogwarts. Who will be the first ever Quidditch Queen?

At Bill and Fleur's wedding, it seems like the apocalypse, anyway. A ring goes missing, Harry must confront an obstacle of the red-haired variety, and Fleur gives a whole new meaning to "bad hair day."

Draco is being given the honour of a life time, at the young age of 16 he is being made a Death Eater. But what happens when he discovers that another has been made a death eater, one who is putting her own life at risk to help save those she loves. Will he betray her or help her? Sometimes love and help can be found in the unlikeliest of places, but when they are found are they enough to save the ones you love?

Remus Lupin wants to forget the present. He wants the past back when he had all of his friends and Voldemort was not at power. What happens when he gets his wish? Will he ever want to come back?

Set in Dethryl's "They Shook Hands" alternate reality universe, young Elan Malfoy accepts a dangerous dare to prove his bravery to his spoiled cousin. But during his adventure, Elan learns a lot more about his family then he ever thought possible; especially the ones he didn't know existed before. Unfortunately, that isn't his only problem. He still has to get back without getting caught by his parents. A picture can tell a thousand words, and often that's a very dangerous power.

Harry is depressed over his godfather's death, but when he gets an important letter, he makes a decision that will change his life forever. GW/DM BL/LV HP/??

"He looked down, unaware that one look could change the course of his life forever... "``What can a mysterious stranger do to Hogwarts? A lot.

In response to the constant needling he suffers from the resident females of Number 12 to offer insight and maturity in the darkest of times, Remus Lupin handles Harry's grieving in the most insightful and mature way he can: by taking him out and getting him utterly plastered. However, obscene alcoholic consumption and singing along to 'Surfer Rosa' in one's underwear is NOT coping with your mourning, as explained by one particularly mercurial young auror, and Remus Lupin is forced to confront the facts of life.

Sequel to "Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy, and a ... Four Wheeler?" ````Harry carried through with his plan to sneak over to the Slytherin dorms...

In Ginny's Point of View. Short story of what went wrong in her life.

After Voldemort wins the war, Hermione is forced to run to escape the memories left behind of dead friends and family. Unaware of the happenings in the Wizarding World, she is contacted one day by someone she never expects, and her life is thrown for a loop.

It's Christmas time, and Ginny, Harry, Hermione and Ron are spending it at the Burrow. It has been a year since Harry and Ginny split up, and this is a bit of a fluffy story about their reunion.

Burden: A right or priviledge to which a person is entitled by birth. Burden: That which is borne with difficulty or obligation. We all have them. It's what we do with them that ultimately defines us.

Harry's run away from Hogwarts and Hermione and Ron try to find him. Based on/songfic to Linkin Park's "Easier to Run."

Severus Snape recalls previous memories, best left to rest. But who can blame him for his thoughts about Hermione, and her 'betrayal'? His actions, drastic, yes, but to him necessary. SNAPE/HERMI, somewhat. Sev is NOT dead, don't worry.

What if Hermione met her perfect match? ... When Hermione begins working in the Department of Mysteries, she's surprised to find Blaise Zabini, one of the "good Slytherins" is there as well, and not only that, but that they have more in common than she ever could have imagined. She starts to fall for him, but is surprised when everyone around her thinks he's her perfect match. Will their love last? Or will Hermione realize that perfection doesn't equal love? Based on a plot bunny by Nesserz.

Every Wizard and Witch in the world has to ask a GOBLET if they're allowed to get married!?! What’s this? Why would they ask a GOBLET, is that what you asked? Simple, it’s proper etiquette to ask your Mother for permission to get married.

A glimpse of the lives of Nymphadora Tonks and Remus Lupin, and the years of friendship between them. Begins one year after the Marauders' graduation and ends just after OotP. (One-shot)

Lily Evans always thought she understood her place in the magical world. She had her ambitions, her friends, her teachers, and the "Persistant Git" - James Potter. Life wasn't perfect, but it made sense. That was until everything changed. Now, Lily has to choose: the expectations of her past or the new, great expectations of the future?

Ron and Hermione are getting married. Harry is the best man. But how can he be the best man for the job when all he can do is think about Hermione? Can Sirius and Ginny help Harry see that it's time to move on or will the marriage ultimately end their friendship?

Harry is starting his fifth year at Hogwarts, and things are immediately changing. Relationships are different than he ever expected, Voldemort is in power again, and there are some staff secrets that no one could have guessed.

After a reflective summer, Harry relocates for training with the two unlikeliest of instructors to prepare for the final battle.

In which Draco discovers that not only is he actually a girl, and not only is he Voldemort's daughter, but even worse, he is somewhat attracted to Harry Potter. Poor Draco. What's a boy, er, girl, to do? A parody of Bridget Jones's Diary.

Ginny can't forget what they had, and before she moves on, she has to know if he remembers.

Harry Potter is in his 6th year of Hogwarts and is beginning to develop "feelings" for one of his close friends. He thinks that he is the only person who knows about these feelings, but he's wrong. His enemy knows, and Lord Voldemort realizes the easiest way to defeat your enemy is through his heart.

Ginny lives a blissfully insane life, dancing beneath the blossoms of cherry trees. But what of her sister in law, who daily becomes quieter, so much like a dying tree? The sequel to Cherries and Stones.

This is just a brief vignette about Oliver later on in his life. It's a brief moment of realization, and not a particularly happy one at that.

Harry seems to have shunned his friends and kept to himself. With Dobby's help, maybe Harry can step back from the abyss and finally have something good come into his life.

Simply, this is Harry/Draco fluff. Nothing bad happens in it, Draco eats grapefruit, they snog on the Quidditch pitch and a good time is had by all. If you are looking for angsty!Harry or goth!Draco then steer really, really clear.

"I’ve had Blanky as long as I can remember. Sometimes I think that maybe my parents gave it to me." Harry Potter lives in a cupboard under the stairs.

Saying goodbye is the hardest thing she'll ever do. She's running and he can't chase her.

In which Hermione is infused ``with the Christmas Spirit, and Draco soaks some of it up. Includes silly songs, blushing, and serious library time.

When Hermione begins looking for a job, she is surprised to find more than just a paycheck on the other end. Romance and truths are established.

Harry's been having a very bad day all in hopes of surprising the woman he loves. Could her answer make all his bad luck worth while?

My take on a missing scene from GoF: How exactly did Viktor ask Hermione to go to the Yule Ball with him? And why did she say yes?

Four Seasons is a tale chronicling the ups and downs in a lifelong romance. Set in 1998, 7th year Draco Malfoy and 6th year Ginny Weasley cross paths in the summer festival of Beltane in Hogsmeade. Years later, they meet again. This time, things get more complicated as they struggle to sort out tangled emotions.

Everyone's left Hogwarts, even Ginny, and having got over Harry, she's found someone else, but who? Ron and Hermione have forgotten their differences, Harry's forced to get over his past, and Sirius finds something new...

What really happened after the events Harry saw in Snape's Pensieve? How did Lily and James eventually end up together, whatever came of Remus and Sirius, and where did Peter go wrong? A story of an unexpected adventure with the Marauders, dragging Lily into the fray as they fend off grave dangers in this once in a lifetime journey - oh yeah, and snogging too! But what happens when a strange visitor appears with a message of warning for each of them, and how do they react? The final years at Hogwarts - Marauder style...

Phineas Nigellus was the least popular headmaster Hogwarts ever had, in the words of his great-great-grandson, Sirius Black. But why does he think this? How did Phineas gain his terrible reputation? What did his children and their friends think? All is explained in this thrilling, spine-tingling, chilling adventure…

As well as being old, rather evil, and having a personal hygiene problem, the Dark Lord was also somewhat of a chauvinist, and he assumed that if women tried to take charge of the country, it would fail drastically because the women would spend all their time gossiping and shopping. His plan was doomed to fail from the start, though. He hadn't counted on Hermione ``Granger.

After a rather strange meeting in the holidays, Hermione and Draco spend the time till school restarts together and get to know each other. But can the friendship resist the Hogwarts' clichés and gossips or will they forget about the summer they had when they go back to school and go back to their normal lives? Hermione never liked having secrets, but can she ever tell her friends about what happened? And there's one thing Draco and Hermione had no time to talk about before going back to school: Was it a friendship or a relationship they had and may still have? And should they keep in touch, there are still so many obstacles. Draco/Hermione, Hermione/Seamus, Harry/Ginny, Harry/Cho, Ron/Lavender.

The night before her last Christmas at Hogwarts, Hermione's thoughts lead her to an unexpected conclusion. Very fluffy.

Harry Potter's daughter is sorted into Slytherin!

How can a man's words from eight decades ago affect the course of a young girl's life? From the tragic past of 1901 China, this is a story of curses and gifts, of love and guilt, of destiny and will.````A girl's heart is weeping, and this is the story beneath.

In which Hermione receives a shock, Harry and Draco play different and more interesting games than was previously thought, and Detention with the Potions Professor is a different sort of torture...

Spoilers for DH. An alternate ending to Snape's story line, picking up where DH left off. Short one-shot.