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After an unexpected attack on Hogsmeade takes the lives of several loved ones, Ginny Weasley is left with only grief as a remnant of war. But what she never anticipated, in the wake of all the tragedy, was to find her will to live again in the form of a bawling, grey-eyed baby left to die in the wreckage of battle... the baby of Draco Malfoy. REVISED VERSION.

When Ginny Weasley received the letter of invitation from the International Association of Quidditch to join the British team in the upcoming World Cup, she was ecstatic. Until she found out who the other British Seeker was. Post-Hogwarts. Written for Sarea Okelani’s “The Feast” contest (2nd place).

Sometimes things never change and you just have to expect the unexpected. Hermione learns this the hard way.

"Probably," he smiled, "but it never hurts to think. I wonder, though, what kind of person I would be if I was just Harry Potter."``"What makes you think you'd be any different?" queried Hermione, raising an eyebrow. Harry turned to face Luna, only to find that she had also quirked an eyebrow at him.``Harry wonders on how different he would be if he was just Harry Potter; Hermione and Luna show him that he'd be just the same.

Sometimes memories are all people have to hold on to, but it's so much better living them. And painting them.

Harry/Hermione. A guest speaker comes to work with advanced potions students on a two-week project.

Ginny and Harry are a couple, just as it was always supposed to be. But Ginny goes missing and Harry doesn't arrive in time to rescue her *gasp*.``Stuck somewhere and sometime with Draco Malfoy as the angstful Death Eater Ginny must somehow survive his company and the separation from her boyfriend and family-``Will it be as hard as she suspects?

It was strange how years could feel like eternity, strange how when someone you love is gone for so long the nights seem ominous and too much colder. And what about when their return is nothing like you expected? Fighting an uphill battle is never easy, and even harder when the world you love, and the people you love are at stake. In the battle for everything, you can keep nothing - all that you love must be risked to save it from everything you hate.

One Shot: (OotP Time Frame) Remus Lupin: the definition of self-control. Sirius Black: Sweet as cherry candy and soft as red velvet.

In a post-war world where Voldemort rules, Severus Snape is still teaching dunderheads at Hogwarts and brewing potions for the Dark Lord. Hermione Granger is his slave - but she has no intention of giving up the fight. And when Lucius Malfoy drops by for an unexpected visit, everything comes to a head... Companion fic to "Led Away Into Captivity to Suffer Shame." Warning: character death.

Malfoy and Hermionie. Two completly different people who have their own issues. These two enemies however must interact more than ever. Whether they want to or not.

What was contained in the letter that Dumbledore left on the doorstep of Number Four, Privet Drive all those years ago? How did Petunia and Vernon Dursley react?

'I'm not ready to give up on today, and tomorrow, but most of all, I'm definitely not ready to give up on forever.' Draco/Harry slash. Harry's dead, and Draco reminisces. A series.

It all started to weeks ago. I made the worst mistake of my life. I also learned the most important lesson of my life. Let me tell you.

With help from Ginny and a Muggle song, Harry comes to a realization about life.

During one long summer day at the Burrow, Ginny considers Harry, Tom, Percy and diabolical tables as she tries to decide whether or not to insist on coming Horcrux-hunting; Luna makes a surprising contribution. Essentially gen, though slight H/G-ness.

A sweet and fluffy G/H fic. ``Ginny finally has Harry notice her... and does he know his prize golden egg when he sees it?

Dumbledore decides his staff needs a little refresher on how to work together and appreciate each other’s differences. Snape is less than pleased.

Not protecting, not preventing, not resolving; that is the sin of many who have grown to adulthood. The outlook of the Dark Reign from Minerva's eyes.

Harry and Hermione prepare for the birth of their first child. Short and fluffy.

Halloween, Marauder style. The boys dress up, and Sirius offers up a treat to Remus.

When the shopkeeper reentered his shop from the storeroom he was disappointed to find that his two customers had left. Few people came to linger and enjoy the simple beauty, epitomized by his array of knick-knacks. Especially during the holiday season. He had been watching that redhead for quite some time. She never bought anything, but somehow, incomprehensibly, she belonged there as much as the little music box or the emerald toad.`` On top of the register, was a little pile of Knuts and a couple of Sickles. Next to it, written on an old receipt were the words, “For the butterfly.”`` Somehow, he understood.

Not all Death Eaters are pleased with Voldemort’s actions. Harry is saddled with a destiny while others begin to gravely regret past choices. But as Harry and his friends seek the missing objects needed for victory, all must brace themselves for the final battle. And choose wisely …if they want to keep breathing…

A masquerade ball is being thrown in place of the usual Halloween feast. The Beast walks the party and approaches Titania. Who is whom, and will true love happen?

In the headmaster's office, two men stare at a special edition of The Daily Prophet. "The Greatest Wizard in the World is Dead!" the headline screams, and in the photograph below it, a boy with messy black hair and glasses tries valiantly to hide behind the frame.

Fluff between Cho and Harry. Guess what happens in the next ten years?

After the war, Draco is suddenly and abruptly forced to deal with losing Ginny, and contemplates what she means to him, and how she changed his life. He must learn to say goodbye. This is part I of a 3-part series, Moonbeams: Gardens and Tides. The other parts will be prequels to Roses Are Red. However, each part can be read as a stand-alone.

A skimming of Sirius's clearest memories at Hogwarts. Some happy ``and others not. But they're there.

Ron and Hermione are playing chess. An ordinary enough situation, except that this time there's a friendly little wager at stake. Inspired by the song "On the Steps of the Palace" by Stephen Sondheim. This is for those who wanted to see a sequel to Dreaming, but it can also be read on its own.

“James and Lily are dead and Voldemort has taken Harry.” Harry Potter falls into the hands of his enemies.

Ever wonder what exactly happened to Ginny during her first year? This is her story.

Two otherwise unrelated ficlets featuring Harry and Hermione.

Ginny thinks about her things she's wished for and how they turned out in her "perfect" life.

Someone has finally decided to tell Hermione how he really feels about her. And how he feels is summed up perfectly in one song -- "Disarm" by the Smashing Pumpkins.

What really happened when Percy left the Weasley family fold? How did he feel about it?

Two friends, separated by war and betrayal, think about the three people who meant the most to them. One is a convicted murderer while the other is a werewolf. How will these memories affect them?

Blaise Zabini and Ginny Weasley love each other more than they've ever loved anyone before. So when Blaise mysteriously decides to end their relationship, Ginny is heartbroken. Why did he want them to stop seeing each other? And what can Ginny do to win him back? Written in response to a challenge from the S.S. Flames of Mystery thread.

It has been two years since graduating from Hogwarts, two years since Draco Malfoy lost his one true love. Will they be able to find each other again, put the past behind them and fill the emptiness that has existed in their lives since losing each other?

When a mysterious letter appears, Hermione is suddenly hanuted by someone from her past. Who are they, and what do they want to tell her? What will Hermione find out? Part Three of The Secrets Trilogy, sequel to "The Hidden Grove" and "The Final Battle."

A seventh year Slytherin is finding that her last year of school isn't quite as bad as she'd thought it would be. Then Gryffindors start to disappear and she begins to receive strange letters in the morning owl post. What does she have to do with what's going on? It looks like she's wrong about her seventh year after all...

Angela's tired of being the sterotypical goody two-shoes Hufflepuff. "You should have SEEN their faces when I walked into History of Magic wearing Muggle Clothing. That's right. Muggle Clothing. BLACK Muggle clothing. Not to mention chains, tattoos, and headphones blasting heavy metal..." But things aren't always as easy as they seem, and appearances can be deceiving.

Snapshots from the life of Sibyll Trelawney, one of the greatest Seers in the world. Her beginning, her progress, and how she ended up being the way she is in the books.

Elysia is the host of a popular cooking show. How will she react when she is forced to work with a rather formidable guest star? Severus Snape hates being there and hates cameras. This will be fun!! Actual Recipe Used!

To Harry Potter, shoes had once represented all that was good and wondrous about magic. Not anymore.

What does James think, seeing what goes on in the world from the after-life? These are his thoughts - and words - as he watches Sirius in Azkaban.

Sometimes, getting what you thought you wanted isn’t quite enough. A Ginny-centred story. Equal parts femmeslash and het, with teen angst aplenty.

A one shot sequel to Chemicals React. "Seeing Draco Malfoy after four years was a strange thing. Seeing him again brought back too many memories. They flooded over me, taking me and plunging me into a sea of grief."

On a hot summer's night, Harry releases much of his angst, while Hermione develops her own share of it - a reflection of their fifth year at Hogwarts and what is still to come.

Sirius sits in his cell in Azkaban, thinking about his long lost life and his long lost love.

Aubrey Lawson is your average Texan witch, until her parents send her to Hogwarts for her fifth year with the idea that Dumbledore will keep her safe. Little do they know that she will befriend the leaders of the anti-Voldemort resistance, and be swept up into the main action!

James family has to move to the Muggle world to avoid some "things" happening in the wizarding world. On his first day of school he meets someone who just might make it a bit easier. First in a short series of vignettes about Harry's parents.

A short story following Ginny and Draco's search for their path through life and of them finding each other along the way.

Potions classes are never boring when there's Neville Longbottom around. Lucky there's our hero there to save the day!

So what does Remus Lupin think about Sirius, Harry and his life? What does he think about James and Lily and what happened to them?

A slightly unusual take on the inner workings of the mind of Tom Riddle. This tracks his early years and the experiences that shape the person he will become.

A boy is being beaten up in a hidden part of the playground. But this boy is not at all average, and he's about to show this in a way that even he couldn't have foreseen.

Re-write of 'The Life of Aurora Renee' Eleven-year old Aurora is ecstatic about starting at Hogwarts, despite the efforts of her father to conceal her identity. When mysterious letters and nightmares begin to terrorize the young girl, will Severus Snape be able to protect her from an unseen enemy?

They both knew she’d never stir a rebellion in the women’s quarters, never do anything that would force him to send her away. It was a guilty knowledge they shared and that he relied upon.````A "Just a Little" AU fic. H/R/Hr, H/Hr.

After taking refuge with the Order, along with Snape, Draco finds himself quickly but somewhat unwillingly befriending the lonely, heartbroken and Potterless Ginny Weasley. However, what will happen when, just as Draco feels their relationship becoming something more, Harry returns? (prequel to Roses Are Red)

Forced to choose between her family or friends - and the only love she'd ever known - one girl must try to make things right.

Draco has a nightmare and when he finds a letter to Harry about a job in Greece his worst fears are realised. Can he stop his dream coming true? Harry/Draco slash

James Potter. Quiditch player extraordinaire. Lovable prankster. Modest intellectual. Defender of the innocent, and punisher of evil. And one of the most popular guys at Hogwarts. Any girl would be crazy not to want me, right? I could have any girl I want, right?

Percy's life has been monotonous shades of gray up until the day he spends an unexpected moment with Tonks. After their first encounter, Percy's world is turned upside down as she allows him access to her colorful life. The only thing stopping them is themselves--and everyone who knows them.

Every writer must have one good Mary-Sue; I'm afraid this is mine. But it has a twist, sort of, so hopefully it's not too hopeless. You know how it goes: there is suddenly and inexplicably an American at Hogwarts. . . . How is it that she is a duplicate of a woman who has been dead for fifteen years - namely one Lily Evans Potter? And how does Draco Malfoy fit into this, the snarky bastard. . . ?

The press has a habit of taking liberties with the truth. Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger discover this first hand.

Harry Potter and Peter Pettigrew, trapped together in an Azkaban cell, have a heart-to-heart chat while waiting for the Dark Lord's arrival.

Due to losing the coin toss (again) to Severus, Minerva must teach the sixth year Slytherin/Gryffindor class Sexual Education! Oh no! Will she survive? Read on to find out!

Dumbledore has but one excuse for the way he's treated Harry.

This is a story of love. Platonic love, though. Love between friends. And the things in between. Friends are like flowers of quiet happiness but at times, they may turn out to be waves that cause you to be shipwrecked. And yet, friends are important. As always. Friends.

Ginny relives a memory of getting lost in Muggle London at age seven, telling Harry the tale of 'The Lily' and the friend who gave it to her. Nothin' but FLUFF!

Imprisoned in a dungeon at Malfoy Manor, Hermione Granger does what she can to see that history will not forget the Lost Generation.

How do Fred and George, pranksters extraordinaire, prank as well as they do? And how did they discover how to work the Marauders' Map? Fred remembers.

Percy has led a life of which he is very proud. Ear-marked by success and effciency, he has climbed professional ranks and achieved what he has always wanted--a job at the Ministry. He decides, however, that it may be time to branch out, expand his horizons, hell...have some fun. He encounters a new world in a new pub which has just opened in his neighborhood. Aided by familiar faces, he breaks out of his old life of monotony and schedules, and begins to explore what he now knows that he has been missing out on for too long. For Percy, however, things aren't always what they seem, and unfortunately for him, they may exact quite a toll.

True love comes only once in a lifetime...

In order to help take the edge off the current state of things, the Ministry of Magic have prepared a special surprise for the students at Hogwarts. However, they soon come to realize that the past may repeat itself, especially now that Voldemort is gaining power and not everything is as it seems.

Unrequited lust. Play-pretend it's all a ruse and you only lie to yourself.

In responce to suburbandecay's Very Weasley Christmas Challenge. A very eventful Christmas at the Burrow.

Songfic to Drops of Jupiter. Harry is being antisocial and hapless as always. After being dragged to ice-cream with Ron and Hermione, Harry runs into someone he hasn't seen for a very long time. And time does not change everything.

The lives of the daughters of Death Eaters are seriously twisted. They come from wealthy, but completely disjointed family situations, and they are the generation that is expected to continue Lord Voldemort’s work. But what if they do not want to fill that destiny…yet. What if they want to make their own legacy? Part One of the Brutality Trilogy.

A certain path has been set before a young Death Eater. Somewhere between proving her worth and fighting a war, she realizes``that path may lead away from what her mind is telling her to do. Slytherin wit abound

The Transfiguration Professor reflects on a Narcissa Malfoy's golden hair. Dark reflective ficlet about thwarted sapphic desire, regrets, choices, and.... Death Eater stuff.

It is an important day for the Wizarding world, but all Harry wants is to spend it with his family. Little does he know that he'll be getting just that!

A companion oneshot to Kelsey Potter's Save the Last Dance. Severus gets one last chance to live a dream, if only for one song... Sevitus. Sev/OC implied.

In the life of Hunter Malfoy, life is perfect, she's the Seeker for Slytherin, her father is the Charms teacher, and she's in love. But suddenly, life isn't as perfect as it was. Harry Potter is coming back to Hogwarts and for some reason, it has her father torn up. He acts as if it's nothing but Hunter knows it's an act. And why is Headmistress McGonagall worried about Hunter meeting Potter's son?

It's doomsday for the Wizard World, as Voldemort's forces face off against the powers of good.

"Who was he, this alien member of the family of Black, appearing no older or younger than Andromeda or Sirius? She touched her finger to the photo’s glossy surface. What was his story, she wondered, mass murderer, You-Know-Who sycophant, or both?" Nothing is as straightforward as Hermione thinks. Regulus/Hermione.

After Voldemort's defeat, a mysterious letter is slid under the door of the Gryffindor dormitory. On it is written - for the one who will survive it all.

Ron learns a thing or two about girls from the person he least expects... Luna Lovegood--when she informs him that "Hermione Granger fancies you." Perhaps not all of Luna's stories are a crazy as he thinks...

Harry is captured. In the little cell, he finds something unexpected. Something he always dreamed he'd have.

The trip down fluffy lane was something Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger could never have thought up themselves. Luckily they didn't have to, and luckily it doesn't last long, as their new friendship, with tinges of romance, does not take long to collapse. But the feelings that were there don't fade as they find the sunny days and pink trees of fluffy lane fall under a dark twilight. It's just the beginning, but really, what isn't?

Now entering his seventh year at Hogwarts, Draco Malfoy is finally proving himself useful to his father and the Death-Eaters. His role to play in the war to come, however, is one he never expected: the role of a sacrificial pawn.

Harry Potter has been recieving letters from Voldemort all summer, ment to taunt him and bring him from the protective muggles. Because it was Harry's birthday Voldie got him a 'Present'...

Sequel to KEY WEST OVERTURE. Wormtail is disgusted, Moony is lovesick, Prongs is insightful, and Padfoot is one confused little puppy. (SIRIUS/REMUS and a bit of JAMES/LILY)

Harry bumps Ginny off the Gryffindor Quidditch team to make room for a new star Chaser. Ginny, naturally, isn't happy.

Hermione/Pansy. A romance story with benefits. The D.A.D.A. professors are conjoined, and not in a good way, Ron's lusting for Hermione, Harry's not lusting for anybody, (especially not Malfoy!) because he's Very Angry and generally everything moves along nicely. This is going to be femslash and will have slash in it. Also het.

When Dennis Creevey comes home after the events of HBP, his father gives him an ultimatum - Hogwarts or the streets. Now, the fourth-year must execute a master plan of daring and semi-legality to keep the school going. Featuring Professors Binns and McGonagall, Engineer Frank and 12 other students.

Remus doesn't like Divination, and for very good reasons.

A story about saying goodbye and moving on. Sirius thinks about losing James, and Harry thinks about losing Sirius.

The final battle is over, and a scarred-for-life Harry abandons Hermione for the girl who saved his life: Ginny. So what happens when someone falls in love with her... though Hermione, of course, doesn't know it.