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AU Left on the Dursleys' doorstep, Harry is kidnapped by Moody and taken to a better home. However, misfortune follows him wherever he goes and he is soon at an orphanage, ostracized and alone...that is, until he's adopted by Nicholas Flamel.

"It is so very fragile, this final splintering of life, so tremulous and slow that it seems that the whole world is slowing down for a few minutes to give Draco Malfoy an extended swan song." Slash, Draco/Neville

Some things are just forbidden. Like Ginny falling for a Slytherin, for example. What would her friends say? Well, they'd start by telling her to not write notes in class...

People often ask her why she stayed with him? Most just assume he must've threatened her or had her under a spell. But what if the story was completely different. A long awaited interview with Narcissa Malfoy, thirty years after the war on her relationship with Lucius.

They ask me why I smile, why I try to hide the pain. They ask me all the time. But I wonder why they even care. They never did before.

The very first of The Very Pointless and Hopefully Humorous Stories of Harry Potter to be made available to the general public.

Draco reflects on his sixth year: his mother's faith in him, The Dark Lord's assignment, Bellatrix's assistance, and Snape's interference. Written for the 2006 springtime_gen gift exchange on LiveJournal.

Ambiguities made her think, made her muse, and musing allowed her to forget. Sometimes, all she needed was to forget. Written pre-HBP, Harry/Hermione.

Had Sirius Black not lost been in a foul temper on the night December 23, 1980, Neville might have normal parents. But none of that would have mattered had Peter Pettigrew not attended Mr. Jugson's Christmas party as a spy, flirted with Bellatrix, and found that he liked sitting on the top of the fence. Flattery and alchol do wonders, but even mice have pride. One-shot.

What do you get when you mix the Marauders with a great prank idea, a spell book, rabid squirrels, and a dandelion?

Lucius Malfoy devises the most evil, dastardly plan ever to be devised by anyone! His mission: capture Cornelius Fudge and carry out said evil plan. Will he succeed? Or will Cornelius Fudge elude him?

Inspired by the song "Mary, Did You Know?" I heard the song while at a celebration, and I got visions of this piece. It's Christmas, post-war at Hogwarts. Harry has defeated Voldemort only days prior, and most of the school had to stay for Christmas holiday for safety reasons. Lily, did you know...?

This is how she heard her sister is dead.

Mistakes are always made and many have colossal consequences. One family blindly pledged their allegiance to Lord Voldemort and are facing the penalties that followed his downfall. If only Narcissa Malfoy followed her instincts and didn’t let her sister and husband persuade her into a life of darkness, things wouldn’t have turned out so wrong.

Hermione misses Harry; can Sirius help her? Or can she help him? Takes place during the beginning of OOTP.

Brown eyes staring——hair cascading——black blood pouring——stained rope pulling——bare neck snapping——frail heart breaking.

Even though Ginny is almost fifteen, she is still haunted by the memory of Tom Riddle. He comes to her in her dreams asking her to save him, keep him alive, and then disappearing into thin air. Her dreams become reality as she begins to see him in the faces of strangers and even close friends. Can these people help pull Ginny out of the depths of dispair? Or will she give up and let the evil overtake her?

"Dudley's gang had been chasing him as usual when, as much to Harry's surprise as anyone else's, he was sitting on the chimney. ...All he'd been trying to do was jump behind the trashcans. Harry supposed the wind must have caught him mid-jump." (SS/PS, 25, American Edition)

Draco laments the death of the best thing he ever had in his life – the angel that graced him and saved his life.

Ginny was the filthy one. (Ginny/Tom, Tom/Draco, Draco/Ginny)

Ron's first impressions of Harry Potter were rather...unflattering. Nevertheless, he knew that he had found his greatest friend.

Hogwarts is feeling pretty average. No murder convicts, no scary teachers (or are there?), no Voldemort posing threats. But Voldemort is only seconds to the most feared woman on Earth!

Songfic set to Pat Benatar's Fire and Ice. Ginny has seen Draco go through so many girls, wishing he'd only be loyal to one--her. But when he sets his sights on her, will she let him have her or play hard to get?

A first-year asks Harry to deliver a note. Little Harry knew what was in store for him...

"Forbidden fruit is sweetest." The temptation is always strong when one discovers knowledge that they should not see. And not everyone denies the sweetest of all fruits ... Some embrace it hungrily.

The Sorting Hat is bored. Always was, always is, always will be. A few years ago though, someone came. This is The Philosopher's Stone and The Chamber of Secrets from the Sorting Hat's point of view.

'Tom Riddle had always been as his name proclaimed him; a human riddle, a walking, talking, living, breathing enigma.' A young Minerva McGonagall reflects on her former classmate and wonders what she's supposed to think of him now.

"Becca, he says they've got the best potion master in the world and he could easily help her, the Dark Lord need only ask it. And he'd do it for free. Becca, it's the best chance for her." He grew quiet. "The only chance for her. If I'm right..." He didn't finish his sentence. When faced with the loss of his child...a man will do anything to save the infant's life...even join up with the wrong side.

Angelina had been looking forward to Hogwarts for years, so it came as a bit of a shock to her that she was so apprehensive about boarding the Hogwarts Express.

What cruelties can the world impose on two teenagers? And how dark can their lives really become? Draco/Ginny one-shot.

An odd little tale about what happens when little Colin Creevey becomes completely and utterly bored. Filled with secret rendezvous, petty bickering, experimentation, and tipsy professors.

Hermione looks back at life after and near the end of the War and remembers that there was only one promise that Harry couldn't keep in his life, OF his life. One-shot fic.

Harry thinks about how his life has changed since the events at the ministry and Sirius' death. Warning: Angst

Set after the great war, Ron and Hermione have a chance meeting at a cafe. Will they be able to confide thier feelings for each other or will they let another opportunity pass them by?

Neville brings his parents to stay with him at Hogwarts, and Alice Longbottom begins wandering the corridors.

There is a mystery that Harry needs to solve- but the answer lies hidden in the past,lying in wait amongst the memories of times past that could hold the answer for everything Harry needs to know.

Harry comes to stay at the Burrow the summer between Ginny's 4th and 5th years. After a Quidditch-related incident, Ginny realizes that she can get Harry's attention, and maybe even cheer him up a bit, by putting herself in danger. At first, her plan seems to be working, but when she has to resort to more and more dangerous acts, both she and Harry will have to face their greatest fears head on...

What would you do if you had a perfectly happy life and it was suddenly torn apart? If your brother ends up with the only deadly ailment not curable by magic? If your sister attempted suicide? This is the life story four Hogwarts-going quadruplets.

Sticks and Stones can break your bones but words can never hurt you...right?

It's Harry's sixth year and he returns to Hogwarts with renewed intentions of defeating Voldemort and gaining vengeance for the death of his godfather. But there's a traitor in his midst and a new and nasty curse isn't going to make it easy for Harry. Only certain pairing for now is R/H. Large doses of Draco Malfoy and smatterings of Percy Weasley.

Hermione Granger is very good at noticing. She always has been. Only now, she's noticed something more important than Christmas presents...

Darn Harry has messed up Draco's life once again! He has even gotten in trouble with the Headmaster. His punishment... ART THERAPY! (Co-author: Marrietta Malfoy.)

In the midst of a raging war, Ginny Weasley reclaims the boy she has always loved.

Sirius and Remus play American football at Hogwarts. Remus is forced to put Sirius into his place. Silly fic from their sixth year at Hogwarts, before the Snape Prank. A not so typical afternoon. This fic contains slash.

Harry returns to Hogwarts, the scene of the last showdown between himself and Voldemort, and recounts how he lost the only people who meant anything to him.

Songfic. Harry reflects as he mourns the suicidal passing of a friend. Based on a song by Caedmon’s Call.

In the beginning, there was depression. On a journey, there was friendship. And through the battle, they stuck together. This is their story.

A day in the life of a typical wizarding family during the First War, when Voldemort paralyzed Britain with fear and every day was borrowed time.

After the Marauders humiliate him by the lake, Severus Snape sneaks a midnight swim in the Prefects' bath to cool down and manage his temper. (One-shot.)

Of the heroes and demons we create from other people. Ginny Weasley traverses cloudy frontiers and encounters diaries, beanstalks, and clenched fingers on a Hogsmeade afternoon.

Harry’s completely in love with a Ravenclaw sixth year, Sarah, `` and is blind to the dangers. Hermione is distressed after Draco betrays her, `` so she finds solace in Ron. Draco is planning to steal Hermione back, but the `` solution he finds would mean he could never forgive himself...``What exactly is being in love like for them? And how far would they go to prove it? A long one-shot fic. H/OC, very mild D/Hr, major R/Hr. Hermione’s POV.

Being poor is bollocks. Wherein Narcissa drinks like a fish, Lucius does his best George Bluth impression, Ron gloats, and Draco can\'t catch a break. Set pre-HBP.

A chain of three gifts, presented in three very different scenes. This story takes place after HBP as the Trio pursue Voldemort. There is a significant role for Ginny and fatal consequences for one character.

A shortfic about young McGonagall. Night after she and Voldemort graduate. Tom/Minerva

An introspective reunion between Remus and Sirius. Also an attempt to keep them fairly in-canon while taking a look into their relationship.

Colin wakes from a naughty dream and decides to take his fantasies on the road. What’s waiting for him in the common room, and will Hermione approve?

James Potter the Auror is interviewed by a Daily Prophet reporter and, unsurprisingly, his mouth gets him into trouble. DP article, then J/L.

The Department of Mysteries is exactly that. It is a mystery. People go missing all the time there. Sirius Black disappeared and everyone thought that he was dead, but is he, really? A story of where Sirius Black really went when he fell in the Department of Mysteries.

Memories always are sharper at night, griefs harder to forget, and comfort simpler to find.

Remus and Tonks have a much needed "talk", following the episode at the Hospital Wing.

Celebi Dumbledore, the granddaughter of Albus Dumbledore and niece of Voldemort, finds herself inlove with Harry Potter. Voldemort and Draco Malfoy, Celebi's fiance, finds out about it and sends many challenges ahead.

It's all just too much for Harry...

Ron and Hermione have their first``date, with both sets of parents in attendance. Chaos abounds!

It's after Ginny's seventh year and life really begins! Ginny becomes a Quidditch player for the Holyhead Harpies and there's much more unexpected things that occur. Harry, Ron, and Hermione go on with life and life becomes much more interesting. Little to the knowledge of Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny, enough trouble for a lifetime was a unknown lie.

After tragedy struck once again in his life, Harry Potter went away leaving Ginny and everyone he loved behind. Now, after four years, he is forced to come back home. Will he be able to forgive himself? Will he be able to ask for forgiveness?

Harry Potter was never seen without this mirror. No one even dared to ask why he always had it with him. No one even tried to touch it. Not even Hermione, Ron or Professor Dumbledore dared to ask Harry to keep this mirror in a safe place. No, Harry liked this particular mirror to be with him at all times. He always placed it inside his robes, near his chest, to make sure that it was with him and safe.

Groceries, Malfoy Style. Out ingredient shopping on a miserable Sunday, Draco Malfoy meets the always charming Sirius Black. Watch each weigh the pros and cons of killing the other, all the while attempting to come to terms with the mutual ties that bind. You wish your (semi) in-laws were this cool. (Contains direct and indirect mentions of h/d, s/r slash.)

Behind the veil, there is nothing, only whispers. Sirius is falling, watching his life go by, but in the end, it doesn't even matter. He doesn't even care. Because he can't. RL-SB. Angst.

Petunia Dursley and Harry Potter have never spoken about his mother, Lily, but the finding of something from the past forces her to finally talk as well as reveal something that not even Harry could have imagined.

fragile (adj.) 1. easily broken or damaged, 2. weak and uncertain; easily destroyed or spoilt, 3. delicate and often beautiful. Example: A fragile alliance / relationship. ``A series of three scenes, exploring the frail beauty of budding friendship, love, and how easily it all shatters. H/G

Canon-compliant. Lily and Snape's relationship, in retrospect. One shot.

Bellatrix Black Lestrange has always had a flawless``memory. Only now, she wishes she didn't remember quite so well. She``wishes she didn't recall that one night a very long time ago, or the``man named Tom Riddle. Rating due to implied sex.

Regret, Hell, Hatred, Guilt, among other things in a confrontation.

This fiction is about a girl named Rain who discovers her past is not as lost as she's been for so many years, that love is possible through the weirdest conditions, and who she really is. Draco/Rain fic. may be some slash in later chaps.

Minerva McGonagall reflects as she sits on a stone wall, waiting for Dumbledore to tell her whether all the rumors about Halloween 1981 are true.

The Muggle alarm clock invaded Remus’s dreams. With one flat, impatient hand he hits the snooze button and rolls back into his original position. Legs and arms entangled with Sirius’s. His nose nuzzling in the crook of his love’s neck. Sirius lets out a sleepy moan. “You should get up, Moony,” he mumbles. “No, today’s not a good day, if I wake up it will be disastrous. Safer here,” Remus says looking at Sirius with half-lidded eyes.

fragile (adj.) 1. easily broken or damaged, 2. weak and uncertain; easily destroyed or spoilt, 3. delicate and often beautiful. Example: A fragile alliance / relationship. ``A series of three scenes, exploring the frail beauty of budding friendship, love, and how easily it all shatters. H/G

The war is over; Voldemort is gone for good. So what is Harry doing back at Four Privet Drive? An interesting look back at his years at Hogwarts for Harry. G/H and R/Hr.

Potions 101. What do you get when you mix a millennium year old secret with one damn Yankee, a school full of British wizards and witches in training and a whole lot of tongue-in-cheek? Just read the fic...

"I hit my shin against the bookcase in my office yesterday, and now there’s a horrible purple-green bruise where the desk corner banged my leg. I greatly dislike bruises. No, Severus, you don’t 'greatly dislike' them, you abhor them." The journal of Severus Snape. Sarcasm, reminiscing, and a good helping of angst.

After being kicked out of her old school, Jennifer comes to Hogwarts. But Jen isn't an ordinary witch; she is one who comes with much power. To the wizarding hearing, her last name, Windil, means a lot, almost like hearing "Harry Potter." But with power comes the weight of the decision of which side she shall reside on. It is a sure thing that the side which Jen chooses will win. With everybody making an influence on her and the biggest ones being the two guys that are in love with her, will she choose the dark side, or will she go with Harry and the trio and fight for the light? An AU fic.

What happens when Ginny wakes up to find her husband dead. A monologue of her thoughts and pain

Two men meet in a train station in the south of England.

A dark journey of the mind.

In my private moments when I am absolutely certain I will not be bothered I allow myself to remember, occasionally.

A story that dares to answer the question, "What were the Slytherin first-years doing during the events of Chamber of Secrets?" Starring the intrepid Beth Goyle, helpful little sister to everyone's favorite non-verbal wizard. (Except for those who prefer Crabbe.)

Petunia's justifications as to why she hated her younger sister and her son.

When Hermione Granger wants something, she will do just about anything to attain it. What do you do when you are single-handedly trying to become Hogwarts' heartless boy magnet? Spill all the juicy secrets in a diary, of course!

An outtake from My Dragon Prince Universe. This is when Katie was involved in a bad Quidditch accident.

An exploration of war and relative morality. Harry has, in many ways, become what he hated. [Implied slash. Warnings for violence, character death and genocide.]

Secrets are never good. Someone will always find them out. No matter how careful you are, nothing is ever completely safe.

A meeting in an old abandoned room. They are alone. Harry Potter makes a last request of his long time enemy, Draco Malfoy. A glimpse into both past and future events.

Three parts: one for the blood... one for the night... and one for the sin... Ginny tells everyone about her first year while Tom talks to nobody in particular, and a letter says more than words ever could...

After a long and dragging war that has not really ended yet, Virginia Weasley reflects upon her life so far. Last words have already tumbled out of her true love's mouth and the only thing that remains for her now is silence and -- eventually -- death.

After OotP Harry decides life is too much for him. Snape begs to differ. Harry/Snape Pre-Slash, Mention of Ron/Hermione. Drama/Angst, Hurt/Comfort

Ever wondered why Petunia Dursley feels and acts the way she does? What happened when Lily got her Hogwarts letter? A short story from Petunia's point of view, describing that fateful day.

-- This was Lily the witch, who put magic before her sister. I would never truly bring back the Lily of my childhood. Magic destroyed my life, it took away everything: my friend and my sister and my parents. --.

Draco remembers an old friend.

This story originated four years ago, when I was still reeling from the death of Sirius Black and did not want to let go of him just yet. I therefore created a past for him, but soon I had left him behind and explored on my own. Minstrel Lehman finds out she is adopted. She goes to Hogwarts, where she meets her two-years-older blood cousin Severus Snape. During the course of her stay in Hogwarts, she has a love-hate relationship with Severus and with two of the Marauders (Remus and Sirius). What happens when Sirius is arrested and sent to Azkaban? In fact, what happens after, during the Second War? This story is told from Minstrel's experience, and spans from her birth in 1962 to past the Epilogue in 2017.

Bellatrix Black is a sixteen-year-old beauty. She has grown under the strict reign of her father's dark power, catering to the future Dark Lord. One of her requirements as future heiress to the Black fortune is to acquire a stable Slytherin marriage, and she knows her duty will come soon. But when she sails headfirst into a stranger, can she help herself but to defy Daddy dearest?